Jolly, Julius [VerfasserIn]: Outlines of an history of the Hindu law of partition, inheritance, and adoption: as contained in the original Sanskrit treatises (Calcutta, 1885)

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

XI

ILrcture XI.

Succession to Female Property.

Page.

Object of the early rules on the descent of SEfdhana—Simultaneous
succession of males and females—Property of a maiden — Remote
heirs — Growth of these rules — The Commentators— Mitakshara—
Character of its system—-Inherited property—■ Dayabhaga system —
The other Schools —■ The principal question — Meaning of Dayada—
Property must not be diverted from the family— Unpublished Digests
— Remote heirs ...

Uccture XII.

Exclusion from Inheritance.

The old texts — The modern works — Meaning of Nirindriya— Madne%«,
etc., need not be congenital, nor incurable — Incurable diseases —
Leprosy — Long and chronic diseases — Penances-—Undutiful sons —
The prodigal — Members of a religious order—Sarasvativilasa—
Women—Removal of disability — Subsequently arising disqualifica-
tions— Subsequent unchastity of a widow-—The disability personal'
only— Claim to maintenance — Tendency of decisions— The Sachsen-
spiegel on exclusion from inheritance ... ... ... ... 271

APPENDIX A. (containing those Sanskrit texts from unpublished works
which have been published in this volume)... ... ... ... 283
APPENDIX or NOTE to pp. 44, 46. (Burmese Law)... ... ... 290
GENERAL NOTE TO LECTURE VII. (The Law of Adoption according
to the Dattakaciromani, &c.) ... ... ... ... ... 299
INDEX (To the MSS. of unpublished Sanskrit works, referred to in this
volume) ... ... ... ... ... ... 326
GENERAL INDEX .32 9
E ERA 1A ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... o45